Intel unveils Tunnel Creek SoC
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Intel has revealed details of its forthcoming System on Chip for IP phones, printers and in-vehicle-infotainment systems.
The imminent SoC product features an Intel Atom processor core that, for the first time, will let other companies create PCI Express-compliant devices that directly connect to the chip.
Doug Davis, (pictured) corporate vice president and general manager of Intel's embedded and communications group disclosed details on the future product code-named 'Tunnel Creek'. The SoC for embedded applications, such as in-vehicle-infotainment and IP media phones, will use a standard interconnect to the processor. The integrated SoC combines an Intel Atom processor core, the memory controller hub, graphics engine and video engine into one chip.
Davis said: "Intel is committed to focus our technologies on innovative new applications in China. We're cooperating closely with local companies in China to provide smarter and better connected computing solutions for cars, homes, businesses that provide infrastructure to power a more mobile and faster Internet experience."
The new chip is designed to enable companies to connect their own custom-built silicon to the Intel chip as long as it is a PCI Express compliant.
